Performance of a neural network: Mapping forests using GIS and remotely sensed data

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 501-514

  Skidmore, A K ^a   Turner, B J ^b   Brinkhof, W ^c   Knowles, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BACK PROPAGATION; CLASSIFICATION; EUCALYPT FOREST; FOREST MAPPING; GIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSAT TM; NEURAL NETWORK; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EUCALYPTUS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0030613489     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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